MOHANADGH.SHKOOR(PH.D.)
SYNTHETICORGANICCHEMISTRY
HomeAddress:101TacomCir.K2G4P7Ottawa,ON,CANADA
WorkAddress:DepartmentofChemistryandEarthsciences,QatarUniversity.P.OBox2713,Doha,Qatar
Contact:Cell(+974)33337205.E-mailmshkoor@qu.edu.qam_shkoor@yahoo.com
ProfessionalExperience
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LecturerofChemistry,DepartmentofChemistryandEarthSciences,QatarUniversity,Sep.2015-Present
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PostdoctoralFellow,Prof.Dr.RobertLemieux,Queen’sUniversity,Canada,Sep.2014-Jan2015.
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PostdoctoralFellow,Prof.Dr.AdrianSchwan,UniversityofGuelph,Canada.Oct.2011-Aug2014.
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Leadershipexperience:Supervisionandleadingofgraduateandundergraduatestudents.
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Teaching Assistantships: Undergrad. Courses in University of Guelph, Organic Chemistry Labs and
coursesinYarmoukUniversityandUniversityofGuelph.
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EditorialSecretaryofJordanJournalofChemistry.May2006–Oct.2007.
Education
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Ph.D.OrganicChemistry,InstitutfürChemie,UniversitätRostock,Rostock,Germany.
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Thesistitle:“SynthesisofHydroxybenzodioates,AminophenolsandDiarylSelenidesby[3+3]Cyclizationsof1,
3-Bis
(silyloxy)-1,
3-butadienes
with
3-Silyloxy-
and
3-Alkoxy-2-en-1-ones”.
http://d-
nb.info/1013698509/34 Magna Cum Laude. Research group of Professor Peter Langer, Oct. 2007 – Jan.
2011
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M.Sc.OrganicChemistry,YarmoukUniversity,Irbid,Jordan.
Thesistitle:“SynthesisandBiologicalActivityofsomenew5-Sulphanyl-4-nitroimidazoleDerivatives”.Note:
GPA(88.6%),(Excellent),rank1st.April2003–Dec.2005.
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B.Sc.Chemistry,UniversityofAl-alBayt,Mafraq,Jordan.Sep.1999–Jan.2003.
Trainings
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ResearchandProjectManagementCourse:Professional&AcademicSkillsDevelopment,
offered by The Office of Research and the Graduate Student Learning Initiative (GSLI) at the University of
Guelph.Jan.2013-April2013.
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WHMIS(WorkplaceHazardousMaterialsInformationSystem”trainingatUniv.ofGuelph,Canada.Jan.2012May2012.
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WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System” training at Queen’s University, Canada. Jan.
Sep.2012.
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EmergencyFirstAid,CPRLevelC,AEDtrainingofferedbyUniversityofGuelphandCanadianRedCross.
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NMRtrainingcourse,userlevel,offeredbyDepartmentofPhysicsinUniversityofGuelph.
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NMRtechniquescourse,offeredbyDepartmentofChemistryinQueen’sUniversity.
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WorkshopsontheuseBlackboardinAcademia,QatarUniversity,Sep.2015
Memberships,AwardsandHonours
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2015CanadianJournalofChemistryBestPaperAward,CanadianJournalofChemistry2015,93(1):
37-43
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OntarioMinistryofResearchandInnovation(MRI)Postdoctoralfellowship.Oct.2011-Oct.2013.
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(Landesgraduierten-Scholarship), State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Federal Republic of Germany.
May2008-Oct.2010.
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YarmoukUniversityAcademicDistinctionAward,June2006.
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German Chemical Society GDCh, Farnkfurt am Main, Germany, Membership number (GDChMitgliedsnummer:97488).Aug.2010-Dec.2012.
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ChemicalInstituteofCanada,Ottawa,MembershipNo.604631,Jan.2012-Present
Coursesandlabstaughtandorassistedinteaching:
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Organicchemistrycourse,3rdyearlevel,UniversityofGuelph.Canada.
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Organicchemistrylab,UniversityofRostock,Germany.
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Systematicidentificationoforganiccompoundslab,YarmoukUniversity,Jordan.
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Generalchemistrylab,YarmoukUniversity,Irbid,Jordan.
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Organicchemistrylabs(differentlevels).YarmoukUniversity.Jordan
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ExperimentalGeneralChemistry,QatarUniversity.
VolunteeringExperience:
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2012 Bluewater Regional Science and Techology Fair, as a judge, April 11th. 2012, Harry Lumley
BayshoreCommunityCentreinOwenSound.
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Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair, as a judge, April 3th. 2012, Bingeman Park in
Kitchener.
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St.John's-KilmarnockSchoolScienceFair,asajudge,March5th.2012.
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40thSouthernOntarioUndergraduateStudentChemistryConference,asajudgeMarch24th.2012.
UniversityofGuelph.
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St.John's-KilmarnockSchoolScienceFair,asajudge,March4th.2013.
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2013 Bluewater Regional Science and Technology Fair, as a judge, April 3rd. 2013, Harry Lumley
BayshoreCommunityCentreinOwenSound.
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Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair, as a judge, April 9th. 2013, Bingeman Park in
Kitchener.
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St.John's-KilmarnockSchoolScienceFair,asajudge,March3th.2014.
References:-
Postdoc.Supervisor
Prof.AdrianL.Schwan
Ph.D.Supervisor
Prof.Dr.PeterLanger
DepartmentofChemistry,UniversityofGuelph,
UniversiätRostock,InstitutfürChemie
N1G2W1Guelph,ON,Canada
Albert-EinsteinStr.3a,18059Rostock,Deutschland,
Email:schwan@uoguelph.ca
E-mail:Peter.langer@uni-rostock.de
Phone:+1-519-824-4120Ext.53061,58781
Tel:+49(0)3814986410
http://www.chemistry.uoguelph.ca/schwan/schwan.html http://www.langer.chemie.unirostock.de/en/prof-dr-peter-langer/
Morereferencesareavailableuponrequest
M.Sc.Supervisor
Prof.Dr.MahmoudAl-Talib,
YarmoukUniversity,Irbid,Jordan.E-mail:mahmoud_talib@yahoo.com
ResearchInterests
DiscoveryanddevelopmentofnewsyntheticmethodologiesforthesynthesisofOrganiccompoundstobeutilizedin
differentapplications
1-
Cyclization Reactions of 1,3-dicarbonucleophiles with 1,3-Dicarboelectrophiles to form Highly Substituted
Arenesystems.
1.
RüdigerDede,Abdolmajid,MohanadShkoor,MirzaA.Yawer,IbrarHussain,NazkenKelzhanova,Zharylkasyn
A. Abilov, Abiodun FalodunHelmar Görls, and Peter Langer, Synthesis of Functionalized Acetophenones by
Formal[3 + 3]Cyclocondensationsof1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadieneswith3-Alkoxy-and3-Silyloxy-2-acetyl-2en-1-ones,Z.Naturforsch.2013,68b,1021 – 1030.
2.
Mohanad Shkoor, Olumide Fatunsin, Abdolmajid Riahi, Mathias Lubbe, Stefanie Reim, Muhammad Sher,
Christine Fischer, Peter Langer “ Competing regiodirecting effects of ester and aryl groups in [3+3]
cyclocondensations
of
1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes.
Regioselective
synthesis
of
1-
hydroxyphthalatesand2-hydroxy-terphthalates”Eur.J.Org.Chem.2010,19,3732.
3.
Mohanad Shkoor, Olumide Fatunsin, Abdolmajid Riahi, Alexander Villinger, Peter Langer “Synthesis of
Functionalized Diaryl Selenides by the First Formal [3+3] Cyclocondensations of 1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3butadieneswithOrganoseleniumCompounds”TetrahedronLett.2009,50,5726.
4.
MohanadShkoor,AbdolmajidRiahi,OlumideFatunsin,IbrarHussain,MirzaA.Yawer,MathiasLubbe,Stefanie
Reim, Helmut Reinke, Christine Fischer, Peter Langer ”Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of 1-Hydroxy-2,4benzodioates by Regioselective [3+3] Cyclocondensations of 1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with 3-Alkoxy-
and3-Silyloxy-2-alkoxycarbonyl-2-en-1-ones”Org.Biomol.Chem.2009,7,2182.
5.
Mohanad Shkoor, Abdolmajid Riahi, Olumide Fatunsin, Helmut Reinke, Christine Fischer, Peter Langer
“Diversity-oriented synthesis of functionalized diaryl-sulfones by regioselective [3+3] cyclocondensations of
1,3-bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadieneswith2-arylsulfonyl-3-ethoxy-2-en-1-ones”Synthesis,2009,2223.
6.
Olumide Fatunsin, Mohanad Shkoor, Abdolmajid Riahi, Munawar Hussain, Muhammad Sher, Alexander
Villinger, Christine Fischer, Peter Langer “Regioselective Synthesis of 5-Arylthio- and 5-Benzylthio-6phenylsalicylatesbyOne-PotCyclizationsof1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadieneswith2-Arylthio-and5-Benzylthio3-ethoxy-2-en-1-ones”Helv.Chim.Acta,2010,93,1610.
7.
IhsanUllah,MuhammadSher,AsadAli,RasheedAhmadKhera,MuhammadNawaz,MohanadShkoor,Inam
Iqbal, Muhammad Imran, Alexander Villinger, Christine Fischer, Peter Langer “Synthesis of Sterically
Encumbered Biaryls based on a ʹCopper(I)-Catalyzed Arylation / [3+3] Cyclocondensationʹ Strategy “
Tetrahedron,2010,66,3824.
8.
Abdolmajid Riahi, Mohanad Shkoor, Rasheed Ahmad Khera, Helmut Reinke, Peter Langer “Regioselective
synthesis of functionalized 4-nitro- and 4-aminophenols based on formal [3+3] cyclocondensations of 3ethoxy-2-nitro-2-en-1-oneswith1,3-bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes”TetrahedronLett.2009,50,3017.
9.
AbdolmajidRiahi,MohanadShkoor,OlumideFatunsin,MirzaA.Yawer,IbrarHussain,ChristineFischer,Peter
Langer “Synthesis of amino- and nitroarenes based on regioselective [3+3] cyclocondensations of 1,3bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes”Tetrahedron,2009,65,9300.
10. Abdolmajid Riahi, Mohanad Shkoor, Olumide Fatunsin, Mathias Lubbe, Helmut Reinke, Peter Langer,“First
synthesis of 4-(arylsulfonyl)phenols by regioselective [3+3] cyclocondensations of 1,3-bis(silyloxy)-1,3butadieneswith2-arylsulfonyl-3-ethoxy-2-en-1-ones”TetrahedronLett.2009,50,115.
11. Abdolmajid Riahi, Mohanad Shkoor, Olumide Fatunsin, Peter Langer “Regioselective synthesis of 4-acyl-1hydroxy-2,3-benzodioates by chelation-controlled [3+3] annulation of 3-acyl-4-ethoxy-2-oxo-3-enoates with
1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes”Org.Biomol.Chem.2009,7,4248.
12. Olumide Fatunsin, Mohanad Shkoor, Abdolmajid Riahi, Rüdiger Dede, Helmut Reinke, Peter Langer “First
Synthesis of Functionalized Benzonitriles by Formal [3+3] Cyclocondensations of 1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3butadienes”Synlett,2009,201.
13. AbdolmajidRiahi,OlumideFatunsin,MohanadShkoor,RüdigerDede,HelmutReinke,ChristineFischer,Peter
Langer*, First Synthesis of 5-Cyanosalicylates by Formal [3+3] Cyclocondensations of 1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3butadienes,Synthesis2009,1623-1634.
14. Olumide Fatunsin, Mohanad Shkoor, Serge-Mithérand Tengho Toguem, Abdolmajid Riahi, Olapeju O.
Aiyelaagbe, Emmanuel Akintayo, Christine Fischer, Peter Langer “Regioselective Synthesis of 5ChlorosalicylatesbyOne-PotCyclizationof1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadieneswith2-Chloro-3-ethoxy-2alken-1-ones”Synlett2010,1963.
15. Olumide Fatunsin, Mohanad Shkoor, Abdolmajid Riahi, Peter Langer “ Regioselective Synthesis of Highly
Functionalized Arylphosphonates by Cyclocondensation of 1,3-Bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with 3Ethoxy-2-phosphonyl-alk-2-en-1-ones”Synlett,2010,1525.
16. Olumide Fatunsin, Viktor O. Iaroshenko, Sergii Dudkin, Mohanad Shkoor, Dmitro Volochnyuk, Ashot
Gevorgyan, Peter Langer “Synthesis of Chromeno[3,4-b]pyrrol-4(3H)-ones by Cyclocondensation of 1,3Bis(trimethylsilyloxy)-1,3-butadieneswith4-Chloro-3-nitrocoumarin”Synlett,2010,1533.
17. Mohanad Shkoor, Olumide Fatunsin, Abdolmajid Riahi, Peter Langer “Synthesis of 2-Hydroxy-5-arylselanyl-
benzoates by [3+3] Cyclocondensation of 1,3-Bis(silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes with 2-Arylseleno-3-silyloxy-alk-2en-1-ones” Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon & Related Elem. 2011, 186, 1997–2005.
2-SynthesisofHeterocyclicSystemsforMedicalapplication
1.
Miguel Lugo, Mohanad Shkoor, Danielle Visschedyk, , Adrian Schwanand Rod A. Merrill, A Comparative
AnalysisoftheBindingModeofInhibitorstoCholixToxin.BindingofV30andDerivatives,Manuscriptunder
preparation.
2.
Hasan Tashtoush, Yaseen Al-Soud, Ahmed Maslat, Mohanad Shkoor, Mahmoud Al-Talib “Synthesis and
BiologicalActivityofsomenew5-Sulphanyl–4-nitroimidazoleDerivatives,JordanJournalofChemistry,2007,
2,11.
3-NewSynthesisofheterocycliccompounds:
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Robert J. Faragher, Mohanad Gh. Shkoor, Kylie L. Luska and Adrian L. Schwan, Unexpected Reactions of
GrignardReagentswithSelectedb-CarboalkoxySubstitutedSulfinateEsters.Can.J.Chem.2015,93(1):3743.
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Mohanad Gh. Shkoor, Irena Nikoloska, Adrian Schwan. Introducing the Diels-Alder Reactivity of 2FuranmethanethiolwithSelectedMaleicAcidDerivatives,Heteocycles,2013,88(2),1603-1613.
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LillyU.Ho,MohanadGh.Shkoor,M.SelimHossain,MatthewC.Deen,DmitriyV.Soldatov,AdrianL.Schwan.
The base-mediated cyclization ofselected benzyl alkynyl sulfones with aromatic aldehydes: novelsynthetic
accesstoaryl-substituted5,6-dihydro-1,4-oxathiinS,S-dioxides,JournalofSulfurChemistry,2013,34,79-87.
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Hasan I. Tashtoush, Fatima Abusahyon, Mohanad Shkoor, Mahmoud Al-Talib “Dual behavior of
monothiocarbohydrazones in the cyclization with diethyl acetylene dicarboxylate (DEAD): synthesis of
substituted1,3-thiazolidin-4-ones”JournalofSulfurChemistry,2011,32,405-412.
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Ghazwan A. Salman, Ahmed Mahal, Mohanad Shkoor, Munawar Hussain, Alexander Villinger, Peter Langer
“RegioselectiveSuzuki-MiyauraReactionsoftheBis(triflate)of1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-9,10-dihydroxyanthracen-1one”TetrahedronLett.2011,52,3,392.
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MahmoudAl-Talib,DaliaAl-Saad,MohanadShkoor,HasanTashtoush“EfficientSynthesisof2-Aroyl-3-Alkoxy2,3-Dihydrothiazolo[2,3-c][1,2,4]Triazol-5(6H)-ones”JordanJournalofChemistry,2009,4,317.